Written questions

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: Costs

Commons · Question 82314 · Tabled 15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 26 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Steve Barclay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of increasing the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence cost-effectiveness threshold by 25%.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 26 Nov 2025

The pharmaceutical sector and the innovative medicines it produces are critical to our national interest, helping people access life changing treatments, reducing pressure on the health service over the longer-term, and ensuring we have a National Health ...